Neonatal intensive care unit antibiotic use

Pediatrics

Volumn 135, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 826-833

  Schulman, Joseph ^a   Dimand, Robert J ^a   Lee, Henry C ^b,c   Duenas, Grace V ^b,c   Bennett, Mihoko V ^b,c   Gould, Jeffrey B ^b,c  

^a City and County of San Fransisco Department of Public Health California Children Services   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c California Perinatal Quality Care Collaborative   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC USE RATE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NEWBORN SURGERY; PATHOGEN LOAD; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COHORT STUDIES; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84929453576     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2014-3409     Document Type: Article

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